Morning journal and courier., 1887-01-10
IntheT.ower Harbor.
HIS LATEsr ADVENTURES.

ssBrfgadier General, Lutz Tries to
Take His Life and Gets Into Court.
The Pittsfeld correspondence of the
Springfield Republican details quite fully
Elder Lutz's latest sensation: "Brigadier
General" Marvin William Lutz, the Saliva
ton armyist who came to town year ago
and whose conduct during his entire stay
was disgraceful and menace to the morals
of the community, was before the district
court yesterday morning charged with as
sault upon his wife of few months. Soon
after Lutz came to Pittsfield he became very
much interested in Mrs. Frazier Luce, an
aged respectable widow residing on Fem
street. Mrs. Luce was attractive only be-
cause worth in the neighborhood of $50, 900.
She lived alone, and Lutz so worked upon
her susceptibilities that despite the protests
of her friends and the exposure of Lutz in
the local newspapers she was married to him
and the two went to Saratoga on wedding
tour. Mrs. Luce gave Lutz lots of pres
ents and lots of money and clothed him
in ministerial garb and gold watch, while
'tadmiring friends have given silk hats, suits
of clothes and fine linen. Mrs. Frazier-Luce-
Lutz's honeymoon has not been cloudless.
She soon found that her husband loved her
only for her money, that without plethoric
allowances from her, which he obtained by
threats to go straight away and fall from
grace" if she did not at once "save" him by
placing $50, $50 or 500 in his hands, he was
disposed to be anything but husband like.
Within three months she had given him
81 500 to squander. He is constantly sur
rounded by troupe of male friends, and
they assist him to dispose of his money
banker wife. Things eliminated yes
terday. Mrs. Lutz testified in court that the
trouble started a week ago, when reports
reached her that LutZ was often seen in com
panv with notorious characters. She charged
him with this, and he flew into rage and
told her if she spoke to him for a week he'd
kill her. Thursday he took morphine and
choral and, becoming half crazy, lay on the
floor with razor in his hand and threatened
to cut his throat before her eyes. She was
much frightened, but he did not carry out
his intentions (more's the pity, and later
became more calm. That night he retired,
barricaded his door and swore that he was
going to suicide by drinking a bottle of
cloroform linament which he had for rheu
matism. His wife became SO frighten-
ed that she finally called in the
officers s'to save his life" and he
was placed in the station house. His defense
was that rheumatism made him very excit
able, etc., and he did not mean what he said.
Mrs. Luce told Judge Tucker that he had
often threatened to shoot her and shoot him
self afterward, but she would rather he'd
shoot her, if he must shoot somebody, be-
cause he was so good and so much better
than she that he ought not to die just yet.
She said that Wednesday Lutz offered to
leave her for good if she would give him $500
and she had intended to do this yesterday
morning. She admitted that he had never
struck her. Judge Tucker continued the
case for a week and it is not unlikely that
Lutz will get his $500 and clear out. There
so Nv, for fha fo- cha
was roundly warned before she married the
wretch